Sustainability – the capacity to endure with a low affect on the
environment – means both producing at a low cost and being a good
corporate steward of resources.

Energy
management, and all that encompasses such as electrical, steam,
fuel, compressed air, water use and effluent, are key indicators of
environmental sustainability and areas of huge potential savings for
manufacturing.

Sylution recognizes three levels of systems that can be applied to existing
systems to provide the intelligence, feedback and awareness to lower
the cost of energy in manufacturing.

1.Level 1: We can provide a web-based dashboard with
trending of energy use, dials, gauges, email alerts, and information
about what electrical, steam rates, fuel use, air use, water and
effluent systems connected to your data. We can get this information
in the hands of those that can use it and act upon it. This is a low
cost option that can be a very nice stand alone environmental
reporting package.

2.Level 2: A higher level of addressing
sustainability is to use an MES solution. An MES solution delivers a performance
management system that looks at production performance, batch
phases, operating rates, products, and equipment lines to produce
manufacturing key performance indicators for process performance. We
integrate energy consumption into the same system as production performanceto show use of energy and rates of effluent as it correlates
to performance, products, and equipment. Energy use
– like labor tracking - is an integral part of this software system
to provide web-based dashboards and reporting.

3.Level 3: Many
manufacturing companies have their hands full trying to make a top
quality product and meet the customer orders. Sustainability
projects save money and are environmentally good – but the client
just doesn’t do that as well as their core business. Some clients
need a Sustainability solution that is remotely hosted
with energy experts working with our client to lower the cost of
energy on a subscription basis. Sylution works with the client to
install meters and connect them to the Green Box. The green box
transmits the energy information to the system every minute. At the
hosting location dashboards, graphs and reports are produced and put
online. The client only needs a web browser to see dozens of reports
and dashboards freeing up their IT staff. The system can be set up
by the user to produce email alerts and notifications. But further –
the subscription pays for an energy consultant to be assigned to the
plant as part of their team. The consultant will talk with the plant
assigned contact often and will analyze the plant data comparing it
to dozens of other typical plants. The consultant will enter
potential projects with estimated costs and savings into the system
for plant to make positive changes, look for energy rebates,
government incentives and help avoid use of energy during peak
rates. The client will get a monthly executive report of energy use,
suggested projects, savings from completed projects, and more.
This is an excellent way to ensure that your facility is meeting
sustainability goals and continuously lowering the cost of
manufacturing.